单电源温度与热电偶传感
Thereisavarietyoftemperaturesensorsonthemarket
allofwhichmeetspecificapplicationneeds.Themost
commonsensorsusedtosolvetheseapplicationprob-
lemsincludethethermocouple,ResistiveTemperature
Detector(RTD),Thermistor,andsiliconbasedsensors.
Foranoverviewandcomparisonofthesesensors,
refertoMicrochip’s
AN679,“TemperatureSensing
Technologies”
.
Thisapplicationnotefocusesoncircuitsolutionsthat
usethermocouplesinthedesign.Thesignalcondition-
ingpathforthethermocouplesystemwillbediscussed
inthisapplicationnotefollowedbycompleteapplication
circuits.MAN684SingleSupplyTemperatureSensingwithThermocouplesbead.ThisbeadisexposedtothethermalenvironmentAuthor:BonnieC.Bakerofinterest.IfthereisatemperaturedifferencebetweenMicrochipTechnologyInc.thebeadandtheotherendofthethermocouplewires,avoltagewillappearbetweenthetwowiresattheendINTRODUCTIONwherethewiresarenotsoldere